PRONOUNS

MUHAMMAD ZULHAZMI BIN SHARUN

1. PERSONAL PRONOUNS

3. THE PEOPLE OR THINGS YOU ARE

REFER TO
TALKING ABOUT (e.g. he, they)

2. THE PEOPLE YOU ARE TALKING TO

1. YOURSELF (e.g. I)
(e.g. you)
SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS
 SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS
SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL
1st PERSON I We Me Us
2nd PERSON You You
3rd PERSON He Him
She They Her Them
It It
EXAMPLES I don’t know what to do He told me the news
She was a pretty woman John like you very much
2. POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

TO SHOW POSSESSION
 SINGULAR PLURAL
1st PERSON Mine Ours
2nd PERSON Yours
3rd PERSON His
Their
Hers
EXAMPLES This book is mine
Is that yours or his ?
3. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

REFER BACK TO THE

SUBJECT IN A
SENTENCE
 SINGULAR PLURAL
1st PERSON Myself Ourselves
2nd PERSON Yourself Yourselves
3rd PERSON Himself
Herself Themselves
Itself
EXAMPLES He killed himself
She stared at herself in the mirror
You need to ask yourselves questions
4. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

SINGULAR PLURAL
This These
That Those

THIS/THESE – something that close to you or consider close to you

THAT/THOSE – something that not close to you or consider not close to you
• EXAMPLES:
1. This is a list of reference books
2. That was difficult for me
3. I bought you these
4. What are those ?
5. INDEFINITE PRONOUNS

USE INDEFINITE PRONOUNS TO REFER TO PEOPLE OR

THING BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHO OR
WHAT THEY ARE, OR THEIR IDENTITY IS NOT
IMPORTANT
Anybody Everybody Nobody Somebody

Anyone Everyone No one Someone

Anything Everything Nothing Something

6. RECIPROCAL PRONOUNS

EACH OTHER ONE ANOTHER

TO INDICATE THAT PEOPLE DO THE SAME THING,

FEEL THE SAME WAY, OR SHARE THE SAME RELATIONSHIP

EXAMPLES:
1. JOHN AND SAMS SHOUTED AT ONE ANOTHER
2. ALI AND ASIAH LOVE EACH OTHER
7. RELATIVE PRONOUNS

WHO WHOM WHOSE

THAT WHICH
“WHO” AND “WHOM”

• TO REFER TO PEOPLE

EXAMPLES
1. THAT IS THE MAN WHO/WHOM I MET YESTERDAY
2. BOYS WHO KEEP LONG HAIR WILL BE PUNISHED
“WHOSE”

• USE TO SHOW WHO OR WHAT SOMETHING BELONG TO

• EXAMPLES
1. CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE EDUCATED TEND TO BE MORE
INTELLIGENT
2. THE POLICE RECOVERED THE CAR WHOSE OWNER WENT MISSING
LAST WEEK
“WHICH”

• REFER TO THINGS

• EXAMPLES
1. THE ROAD WHICH LEADS TO MY COLLEGE IS MUDDY
2. THE SHOP FROM WHICH I BOUGHT THE BOOK IS IN THE NEXT
BLOCK
“THAT”

• REFER TO PEOPLE OR THINGS

• EXAMPLES
1. THE CLOTHES THAT WERE ON DISPLAY WERE IMPORTED FROM
ITALY
2. HE IS THE MAN THAT CAME JUST NOW
8. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS

WHO WHOM WHOSE WHICH WHAT

• USE TO ASK DIRECT OR INDICATE QUESTION

• EXAMPLES
1. WHAT IS THAT ?
2. FOR WHOM DO YOU BUY THE FOOD ?
3. WHICH DO YOU LIKE ?
9. QUANTIFYING PRONOUNS

ALL EACH FEWER MORE SEVERAL

ANOTHER EITHER LESS MOST SOME

ANY ENOUGH LITTLE MUCH ONE

BOTH FEW MANY NEITHER

• INDICATE NUMBER OR AMOUNT

• EXAMPLE
1. GIVE HIM SOME MONEY, IF YOU HAVE ANY
2. I SAW ONE GIRL WHISPERING TO ANOTHER
3. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE SOME STEAK ?
THANK YOU